Expanding known dinoflagellate distributions: Investigations of slurry cultures from Caspian Sea sediment

Jane Lewis, Joe D. Taylor, Klaire Neale, Suzanne A.G. Leroy

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Abstract

To investigate the disparity between plankton and cyst records, sediment slurry cultures were used to isolate the motile stage of dinoflagellates from Caspian Sea sediment. This has resulted in new records for this area of Kryptoperidinium foliaceum, Gymnodinium aureolum and Woloszynskia sp. and for the cyst record, Scrippsiella acuminata. Two Gonyaulax species were isolated, one was identified as Gonyaulax baltica and the other an unknown species. Cultures of Lingulodinium polyedra were also isolated. The approach of using slurries was useful to provide cultures from sediments that were relatively poor in dinoflagellate cysts with contents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-31
Number of pages11
JournalBotanica Marina
Volume61
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Caspian Sea
  • Gonyaulax baltica
  • Gymnodinium aureolum
  • Kryptoperidinium foliaceum

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